WashWire Daily Brief: Health Law’s Role in 2014 Elections

Mar 13, 2014 7:43 am ET

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The highly anticipated special election in Florida’s 13th district—the first election of 2014—has come and gone, leaving Democrats to pick up the pieces. Republicans’ victory in what many analysts considered a swing district throws the spotlight on just how big a burden the health-care law may place on Democratic candidates this fall.

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